Friday, August 31, 2012

NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno changes its orbit

NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno changes its orbit: Earlier today, navigators and mission controllers for NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter watched their computer screens as their spacecraft successfully performed its first deep-space maneuver. This first firing of Juno's main engine is one of two planned to refine the spacecraft's trajectory, setting the stage for a gravity assist from a flyby of Earth on Oct 9, 2013. Juno will arrive at Jupiter on July 4, 2016.

DIGITAL JUICE

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